Post by unknownCould our resident expert in matters of scripture and church history
It is well known that servant as an Orthodox, and a past member of the RCC has
great disdain for evangelism, protestants, (a word coined by the RCC) and
fundamentalists. Yet the very things she and her religions revile was taught by
Jesus and those he sent out as Apostles. It is also a doctrine of the Heavenly
Father that these gifts and ministries as set by the Holy Spirit are to
continue on until the return of Jesus to gather up his great body of people
into Heaven immediately prior to the Great Tribulation. Part or the comments
are by Wuest and by myself as shown to me by my Heavenly Father.
“But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an
evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.” (2Ti 4:5)
The pastor is to do the work of an evangelist. The latter word is the
transliteration of a Greek word (euaggelistēs) that means, "one who brings
good news." The word is not preceded by the definite article. When that is the
case, character, quality, or nature are stressed. The idea is, "Let your work
be evangelistic in character. Always be a bringer of good news. Be ever
reaching out for lost souls in your teaching and preaching." Paul does not
exhort the local pastor to engage in an itinerant ministry, going from place to
place holding evangelistic meetings. That work is for those specially gifted
men called evangelists (Eph 4:11). But the local pastor should be evangelistic
in his message and methods. He must ever be reaching out for the lost both in
his teaching, preaching, and personal contacts.
Act 21:8And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto
Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one
of the seven; and abode with him.
Eph 4:11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
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“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all
manner of disease among the people.” (Mat 4:23)
gospel, euaggelion, "a message of good news." This word was in common use in
the first century for good news of any kind. The proclamation of the accession
of a new Roman emperor was entitled "good news." The evangelists appropriate
the word, take it out of the current secular usage, and speak of the message of
salvation as good news.
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Therefor evangelists and "ism" is preordained by God before the earth was
formed. Those who are repulsed by it and revile against it are not of God but
of the spirit of the antichrist.
Post by unknown'The Three Phases of Sanctification'
https://www.biblicalresources.org/resources/sanctification/
The sanctification of the believer is in three realms--positional,
progressive, and ultimate, reflecting the past, present, and future aspects
of salvation.
In Romans 8:1-11, Paul notes the reality of positional sanctification as
the believer is in union with Christ, having been justified and declared
righteous. Then He describes how this sanctification is worked out
progressively in the life of the believer who walks according the Spirit.
Positional and ultimate sanctification are entirely the work of God.
Progressive sanctification requires the cooperation of the believer, who is
commanded to be filled with the Spirit.
When is a human, a human? In the belly? As an infant? As a child? As an adult?
As an Elder Adult? When?
When is a Human a child of God the Father? When he is Born Again with all the
inherited Characteristics of his Heavenly Father or when he passes from this
life, IOW when he shed the worn out tent he lives in and dwells in heaven with
God?
Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ
to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Eph 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.
Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;
Eph 1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Eph 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Eph 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are
on earth; even in him:
To God be the Honor and the Glory.